Press review | 29/09/2009

 

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What will become of the Social Democrats?

What will become of the Social Democrats?

 

After their major defeat in the elections to the Bundestag, Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) have been relegated to the opposition with just 23 percent of the vote. For the last four years the SPD formed a grand coalition with the conservative Christian Democrats. The European press discusses the future of the battered Social Democrats and their relations with The Left party.

With articles from the following publications:
Népszabadság - Hungary, De Volkskrant - Netherlands, Lidové noviny - Czech Republic, La Repubblica - Italy

POLITICS

Cyprus Mail - Cyprus

UN mediators must be unbiased

Frankfurter Rundschau - Germany

Russian mistrust of Iran

CULTURE

The Times - United Kingdom

No moral objection to Polanski's arrest

MEDIA

Dilema Veche - Romania

Well-informed idiots

Aftonbladet - Sweden

Internet must remain free